The Torch....

On Day 102 of the Olympic Torch relay, the flame passed through our town early this morning. When I first saw these videos, my eyes filled with tears and I had a big lump in my throat. It was awesome to see the spirit of the citizens of our small town cheering, waving their Canadian flags and showing their excitement. It was a once in a lifetime event!

I wasn't there.....

A cat story...

A cat died and went to Heaven. God met her at the gates and said, 'You have been a good cat all these years. Anything you want is yours for the asking.'

The cat thought for a minute and then said, 'All my life I lived on a farm and slept on hard wooden floors. I would like a real fluffy pillow to sleep on.'

God said, 'Say no more.' Instantly the cat had a huge fluffy pillow.

A few days later, six mice were killed in an accident and they all went to Heaven together. God met the mice at the gates with the same offer that He made to the cat.

The mice said, 'Well, we have had to run all of our lives: from cats, dogs, and even people with brooms! If we could just have some little roller skates, we would not have to run again.'

God answered, 'It is done.' All the mice had beautiful little roller skates.

About a week later, God decided to check on the cat. He found her sound asleep on her fluffy pillow. God gently awakened the cat and asked, 'Is everything okay? How have you been doing? Are you happy?'

The cat replied, 'Oh, it is WONDERFUL. I have never been so happy in my life. The pillow is so fluffy, and those little Meals on Wheels you have been sending over are delicious!'

Thanks to Ellen for sending me this cute little story. As she said, we need a cute clean one once in a while.

It's Friday and the weekend is here again. I don't have too much planned. I'm hoping to see a couple of the grandkids this weekend. The weather has been very mild and we've had a few days with bright sunshine and blue skys. I hope all is well in your corner of the world. What do you have planned for the weekend?

Take care and thanks for stopping by.

This and that....

It's a rainy Saturday here in my neck of the woods. It's a good day to just stay indoors. Tomorrow we are going to venture into Vancouver for my grandson's first birthday celebration. It seems like just yesterday that we were pacing in the waiting room at the hospital and now he's one!! Time sure flies!

With all the Olympic preparations, there are lots of road closures in Vancouver (for security purposes, they say). We are going to have to take a few detours to get to my son's house. I'm charging my camera so I'll try and get some photos of some of the Olympic displays around town. There are photos posted on the official 2010 Vancouver Olympic website, vancouver2010.com.

The Olympic torch will be passing through our town on February 8th. I really want to go see it pass through but I'll have to get up with the chickens - it will be at our Spirit Square at 7:30 AM!!

In other family news, my daughter, her husband and MissM moved into their brand new home this weekend. It's an exciting time for them and I'm looking forward to going over to the Island to visit in the near future. Even though I've lived in BC for over forty years, I've never been to Vancouver Island.

Today is Hockey Day in Canada. I'm looking forward to watching the Canucks play the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pam's favourite team. The Canucks are on the road for the next fourteen games because their home rink, GM Place, is one of the Olympic venues. I better go and get ready to watch the game as it starts soon.

I hope you have a good weekend in your corner of the world. Take care and thanks for stopping by to visit.

I'm still here...

Shame on me for being such a bad blogger. I really haven't had anything exciting to write about so maybe that's my problem.

The weather has been very mild lately. We're having an El Nino winter. When I was outside today raking up some leaves, I noticed that the peonies are starting to poke up as well as some tulips and a few other things I don't know the name of. Some of the trees already have little buds on them. I was almost tempted to remove the mulch around the plants but it's still going to be a while before spring arrives. The danger of frost and possibly some snow hasn't passed yet. I'm really hoping it does snow! It's only three weeks until the Olympics start and I know they are really hoping for snow for the local mountains. They've gone to Plan B and are trying to preserve what little snow is there. There may be a new winter sport - skiing on the rocks....lol.

Tonight is the big telethon to raise money for relief for Haiti. It's so sad to see the devastation that country has suffered from the earthquake. So many people dead and missing! Miraculously today, ten days after the earthquake, they have found a few more survivors. What horror to be buried for so long under all that rubble. Here in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia we are always being told to prepare for "The Big One". There is a major fault line along the coast, the Juan du Fuca fault. If there was ever a major earthquake here, the devastation wouldn't be as bad as it is in Haiti because of our building codes. All the high rises and bridges are built to withstand a major quake. For years now, they have been making the older buildings such as schools, etc. earthquake-proof. I just hope "The Big One" doesn't come when I'm visiting my son on the 27th floor of his building. The building may survive but I don't think I'd survive the heart attack I'd have when the building started swaying.

I don't have anything exciting planned for the weekend. Maybe I'll go out in the back yard and try and do a snow dance. Who knows - that might work!! I hope you have a good weekend in your corner of the world. Take care and thanks for stopping by.

Rain, rain go away.....

I've been searching the Internet to find a blueprint on how to build an ark. With the amount of rain we've been having, I think we might just need one. I did find some instructions: "Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits." Does anyone have any idea where I can find some gopher wood; and how much is a cubit??

With the Winter Olympics only 28 days away, the last thing we need is more rain. Snow would be preferable. They've closed public sking and snowboarding and are actively trying to preserve the snow on Cypress Mountain, venue for the snowboard and freestyle skiing events. All this rain isn't helping. I checked in with the Weather Network and we may get a glimpse of the sun on January 20th but we will continue to have balmy temperatures and rain.

There's not much news with me. No news is good news, right! I got my hair cut last week because I was starting to look like a shaggy dog with the way the hair was hanging in my eyes. I'm so glad that I found my old hairdresser because she always gives me such a good cut.

My children and grandchildren are doing well. We had little MissT here last weekend for a sleepover. She came on Friday and went home on Sunday. It gave her mommy and daddy a break, and a chance to maybe catch up on some sleep. I got to play all weekend!! Little MrN came out on Sunday to visit. He's really thriving, and it's hard to believe he'll soon be one year old.

I hope all is well in your corner of the world, and hope that you're getting better weather than we're getting. Take care and thanks for stopping by to visit.